Embroidering attachment for sewing-machines.



PATENTED JUNE12, 1906.

R. L. RODMAN. EMBROIDERING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APILIGATION FILED APR.21. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROLLIN L. RODMAN, OF LOTT, TEXAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed April 21,1905. Serial No. 256.737.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RoLLIN L. RoDMAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Lott, in the county of Falls and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and Improved Embroiderin Attachment for Sewing-Machines,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to attachments for sewing-machines, and moreparticularly for those doing embroidery while the machine is operated byhand.

It consists in the various features and combinations hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of my invention shownin place upon a sewing-machine. Fig. 2 1s an enlarged side elevation ofthe attachment. Figs. 3 and 4 are horizontal sections on the lines 3 3and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2 {and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofthe connector.

I have here illustrated a sewing-machine A havin the usual needle-bar a,carrying the need e b, secured in place by the screw device a. Movablewith the needle-bar is the embroidering attachment B, which comprises asupport 10, preferably in the form of a flattened tube. This support hasat its lower extremity a lateral arm 11, having at its outer end an eyeor socket 12, which may be passed over the needle and raised against thelower extremity of the needle-bar. To secure the support in place uponthe needlebar, I have provided a connector C, preferably bent from anintegral piece of wire and having an angular portion 13 of such form andlength as to adapt it to the particular conditions under which theattachment is to be used. This angular portion has at one extremity aneye 14, which may be passed over the needle and brought into contactwith the lower side of the socket 12, and an opposite eye 15 to surroundsome element movable with the needle-bar, conveniently the screw 0. Eachof these eyes may be fur nished by one or more convolutions of the w1re.

Movable through the tubular support is a bar. 16, having secured to itslower end a Presser-foot 16*, which may be formed of a strip of metalsimilar to the bar, it being riv to the work-plate of the eted to oneside thereof and then bent gradu-- ally to occu y a plane at rightangles to that in which said bar lies, this bringing it arallel machine.n this horizontal portion of the presser-foot is an openin in the formof a slot 1o extending throng the end of the foot farthest from the bar.At the upper extremity of the bar is an arm 17, and between this arm andan extension 18 of the arm 11 lies a spiral spring 19, exerting itstension to draw the presser-foot normally downward, its movement in thisdirection being limited by the contact of the arm 17 with the top of thesupport.

The attachment is mounted upon the needle-bar of the machine upon whichit is to be used, as has been above described, the form and size of theconnector being such as to adapt it to the particular machine or theposition in which the attachment is to operate and so that it may moveclear of all projecting portions of the machine-head. The silk or otherembroidering material to be employed is now passed through the eye ofthe needle, this being accomplished without the necessity for threadingit through the presserfoot, since the slotted opening permits itsintroduction from the end; The work being placed upon the plate of themachine, it will be seen that when the needle is lowered b turning thebalance-wheel by hand it will begin the stitch and at the same timebring the presser-foot into cooperation with the upper face of the workand hold it firmly in place while the stitch is being completed. At thistime the movement of the bar through the support against the tension ofthe spring gives the desired yielding pressure. the needle rises, theresser-foot moves with it, entirely releasing t e work, so that it maybe turned or adjusted to the proper position for the next stitch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination with a sewing-machine having aneede-bar, of a tubular su port, a lateral arm at the lower end of tl fesupport and provided with means for engagin the needle-bar, an extensionon the arm, a ar movable within the support, a slotted presser-foot onthe bar, an arm on the upper end of the bar, and a spiral s ringconnecting the arm and the extension 0 the lateral arm.

2. The combination with a sewing-ma- When chine having a needle-bar, ofa tubular support, a lateral arm at the lower end of the support andhaving an eye for engaging the needle, an extension on the arm, aconnector having an eye for engaging the needle beneath the lateral arm,means whereby said connector may be connected with the needlebar, a barmovable Within the support, a slotted Presser-foot on the bar, an arm onthe 10 upper end of the bar, and a spiral spring conneeting the arm andthe extension of the lat- ROLLINf L. RODMAN.

Witnesses:

W. J. HAILES, J. B. WILLIAMS.

